Where does “onduler” come from?
onduler (French) comes from French ondulation, from Latin undula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
onduler (French): to wave
Definitions
- to wave
Ancestry of “onduler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ondulation | undulation |
| 2 | Latin | undula | wavelet; vocative singular of undula; ablative... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |